Yeah, It was extremely difficult to get it together with the on again, off again want list so I made some educated guesses and got some big hitters from around here and a pair of homebrews. I got some great extras recently in a trade which got me into the giving spirit so I threw a bunt of darts hoping they hit a mark or 2
Hint: My targets city loves their cats and cars…

Looks like I’ll be the first Haul of March. Picked up my box from FedEx hold earlier this morning. Thank you very much to Brian of Glencoe, IL for the box! Still not sure of your username or if you have even posted here. It’s nice box and a nice welcome back home from being out of town.
12oz:
– Breckenridge Vanilla Porter (Have had before, decent brew)
– Two Brothers Resistance IPA (Sounds really good!)
– Southern Tier Phin & Matt’s Extraordinary Ale (Excited to try)
– Victory HopDevil (Definitely an IPA I enjoy)
– Summit IPA (Never had but sounds good)
– Magic Hat #9 (Heard mixed reviews but looking forward to trying it)
– Three Floyds Alpha King (Long time want, very excited for)
– Three Floyds Jinx Proof Lager (Somehow hadn’t heard of it before now, but definitely excited to try)

22oz:
– Great Divide Old Ruffian Barley Wine (Always enjoy this one and have been meaning to pick one up lately but haven’t, so now I don’t have to)
– Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti (Another one I enjoy but haven’t had in a while)
– Three Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf (Perma-want and one of my favorite DIPAs! Very much looking forward to having again!)

Swag:
Three Floyds pint glass (Such an awesome glass! Looking for drinking the Three Floyds brews out of it)

Again, thanks Brian for the Three Floyds and IL love, and the rest of the brews! Looking forward to them all really. A nice and thoughtful box all around. Cheers!

Bigger Guys:
Firestone Walker XV – Big Want!
Cigar City Guava Grove – Big Want!
AleSmith Speedway Stout – Big Want!
Sierra Nevada Fritz & Ken’s – Huge want! The last one I needed for the 30th anniversary series!
Evolution Migration Series (Winter 2010 – Bourbon Barrel Dark Ale) – Never heard of it but if I had it would definitely have been a want!

Porn:

You absolutely nailed it with this box Jason. If you ever want to trade in the future let me know because I definitely owe you an arm and a leg for all this goodness. Not a single one of these beers can be found anywhere around here because, believe me, I’ve tried! Whoever gets Jason needs to hook him up big time. He is by far the most generous trader I’ve dealt with yet. Thanks again!

Well, I don’t know your zip code exactly, but if you’re in metro Atlanta it’s 303XX (as far as I can tell). The zero is in the same place, but my zip doesn’t have any threes in it, so I’m out of luck. I dig your hint style, though!

Arrived home today to find a massive box in the lobby. Almost threw out my back picking it up, jeez! My suspicions were confirmed – Bulbman has done a MIGHTY impressive job with this one. I don’t have my camera with me, but I’ll post the monster haul tomorrow. Thanks a ton, Bulbman!

Bulbman hit 8 wants, and ended up sending a whopping 267 oz of beer! I can say without a doubt that I’m looking forward to every one of these. I guess he already got his box, but if not I’d ask for someone to blow up his porch.

I’m sad to see this BIF go the way of the dodo. It was even more fun than I was expecting, and I hope something like it continues. Thanks again, Bulbman, and thanks again, Cam!

Agreed. Initially I meant no hints in general on my end, but you are right there aren’t really any on this site. It’s pretty quiet across the board on hits for the few of us left. It will just be a fun surprise when I find a box on my door step.

Hmm…. After reading this, checking your location in NY, I see that it is 1444 miles between myself in Bloomington MN and Portsmouth NH… They make some nice quality beer there from what I have heard…. 🙂

Unfortunately a bottle of Expedition Stout was a casualty, but on the plus side, the box and packaging didn’t reveal any hints of damage, so the only real problem it caused was making the opening a bit more messy

The box definitely hit the types of beers I like and a couple of them were consumed today. Thanks again!

My sender lives west of me and hasnt posted in the thread yet. He has never visited my state but hopes to one day. He likes long walks on the bea……………….. wait I dont think im supposed to give reverse hints out am I ?

Awesome haul from Bob (BobCS) arrived as a surprise today. Was expecting a small package from Fedex and was excited to see the delivery man come up the driveway with a monster box as well.

750ml
– AleSmith Wee Heavy (want)
– Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela (want, I love pumpkin beers and while I can get this in town, I’m stoked to get this beer. I keep saying I need to try this, but always forget to buy it or buy something else. Now I’m out of excuses to not try this.)

I’m so glad it arrived safely and that you like what I sent! I meant to leave hints, but I headed out on a business trip right after sending the box, and unfortunately I can’t access this site with my work laptop AND didn’t remember that until I was just getting ready to post.

Box is been delayed until I return from a trip to help my brother move. Should be on the FedEx truck on Monday and delivered no later than Thursday. All locals that are along my trip – should have no fewer than 5 states represented.

I received a nice surprise Thursday night. Came home to an awesome box from baconsausage. I was super stoked when I saw the return address was VT. This box was all wants and bacon hit some biggies. The haul:

A huge thanks to baconsausage for this fantastic box. Massive wants were hit and everything is super fresh. I never thought I’d be able to get my hands on some of these brews. Due to bacon’s huge generosity I have been gifted the opportunity for some out of this world beer sampling.

Dam thats a solid box and is making me thirsty. Double galaxy is life changing ,and heady topper and edward are right two of my all time favs. Edward imo is the best pale ale out and heady is top 3 ipa.

I believe I’m come up one state short – surprisingly my own! I’ve got Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut all shipping tomorrow morning.

Swag is coming in this box. If it doesn’t make it, let me know and I’ll send a supplemental…. It’s a total ‘hat tip’ to Cam. And no, it’s not a hat.

Box hints:

At least three offerings are in non bomber format. The rest are in bomber format. At least one from each of the states. The same brewery is represented in frequently (half of the box comes from 2 breweries, the rest of the box has no duplication). One inclusion could not have been made without this trip and another was totally accidentally stumbled upon as a result of this trip.

I’m shipping to a someone who’s wants are all locals to him so I’m just going to send a nice box of stuff! His town has one of my favorite liquor stores in the world!
11 bottles all 750s or 22s.(i think i’m breaking a rule here… )
1 of my fav pieces of beer shwag.
Will arrive next week:)
Peace,
Dan/Mages64/@SeattleTap

Not a problem! Your hints allowed me to do some digging and figure it out!

AWESOME BOX! Considering how many beers I have had from the East coast, and that I have had some of these breweries, you managed to get me NO REPEATS of beers I have had before! So I will get to try everything for the first time. This is going to be great!

Glad I hit some ‘not hads’. I was going off of your reviews (of which there aren’t many) and tried to find styles you liked but beers you hadn’t reviewed.

The Kate is 11.2oz
The Lunch (I believe March 22nd bottling) is a 500ml bottle from MBCo
The Grand Cru and Black Cat Stout are both recent bottlings as well, as evidenced by the 20th Anniversary label on the bottles.

Hat Tip Cam: So those two Weihenstephan glasses were something I’d been eyeing for a while. My local had them and when Cam came to town we bought a bunch of bottles and took a few of the glasses as well (their beer guy routinely tells me to take glassware, it’s not ‘for sale’ just stuff they have received from distro and give to customers). Anyway, I wanted to ship you a Portsmouth snifter but those damn things are so fragile. Yours was the 2nd one I’ve had break in transit from the Brewery to my house. So instead you got a pair of swervey World Cup pilsners and got shorted two more Gandhi-bots – which I consumed after packing your box.